#b-52's

[twixnmix]

The B-52's photographed by Fryderyk Gabowicz, 1983.

#b-52's #kate pierson #cindy wilson #ricky wilson #fred schneider #1983 #1980s #1980s fashion #1980s music

[sspacegodd]

#B-52's #idaho #private idaho #camping

[cosmonautroger]

B-52's & Ramones (1982)

#B-52's #Ramones #1982

[ourladyofomega]

📸: Microgroove (FB)

#goth #industrial #rock #cassettes #tapes #Bauhaus #DEVO #Daniel Ash #B-52's #The Cure #Duran Duran #Front 242 #Blondie #Jane's Addiction #Jesus And Mary Chain #Joy Division #Love & Rockets #Siouxsie Sioux #Nitzer Ebb #Sisters Of Mercy #Sparks #U2 #Tones On Tail

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

The B-52's - Legal Tender

#women's history month #b-52's #kate pierson #cindy wilson

[apdistractions]

The B-52's in Japan, December 1979 by Bob Gruen

#B-52's

[mudwerks]

(via The B-52's - Love Shack (1989)

#youtube #B-52's #Love Shack #music #vintage #1989 #cosmic thing

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for April 7, 2018; #159.

Ramones, The “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”

Clash, The “Train In Vain”

Brian Eno “On Some Faraway Beach”

Sex Pistols, The “No Fun” (live)

Public Image Ltd. “Poptones”

Siouxsie Sioux & The Banshees “Jigsaw Feeling”

Professionals, The “The Magnificent”

B-52’s, The “Private Idaho”

Damned, The “Life Goes On”

Alan Vega “Saturn Drive”

Cure, The “Just Like Heaven”

Abbreviated deluxe marquee and standards broadcast.

#music #omega #playlists #mixtapes #punk #goth #new wave #Ramones #Clash #Brian Eno #Sex Pistols #Public Image Ltd. #Siouxsie Sioux #B-52's #Damed #Alan Vega #Cure

[mortifiedandawesome]

R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People (Official Music Video)

#r.e.m. #shiny happy people #b-52's #rem #michael stipe

[rockwithbibberly]

Joey Ramone, Fred Schneider and David Byrne in 1985.

#Joey Ramone #Fred Schneider #David Byrne #Ramones #B-52's #Talking Heads #1985 #1980's #80's #Faces Magazine

[80sheaven]

The B-52′s “Love Shack” (1989). “I got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20, so hurry up and bring your jukebox money...”

#the b-52's #b-52's #love shack #80s vinyl #fred schneider #kate pierson

[twixnmix]

Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson photographed by Fryderyk Gabowicz, 1983.

#cindy wilson #kate pierson #b-52s #b-52's #1983 #1980s fashion #1980s #1980s music

[lisamarie-vee]

#life magazine #1940s #b&w #b-52's

[cosmonautroger]

Cindy Wilson, B-52's

#Cindy Wilson #B-52's

[life-adjourned]

Creem magazine

#b-52's #grace slick #frank zappa #joan jett #creem magazine #70s #80s

[alchemisoul]

"If I’m honest, the B-52’s got me to question my own prejudices. Where I was brought up there was a lot of anti-LGBTQ bigotry. When I was still a teenager, the B-52’s helped teach me to grow beyond them. For that alone I owe them a huge debt of gratitude. I was terribly saddened by Ricky’s passing and felt so sorry for the whole band.

I heard Rock Lobster on the radio and got the debut LP. I was just getting into punk rock and although I didn’t really consider the B-52’s “punk”, they were definitely breaking rules and creating music that was unconventional and groundbreaking: while disco was being derided, here was a band who it was OK to dance along to. They were so different and cool. We all loved their first two albums and I’m sure they influenced us. We definitely learned that music doesn’t have to be taken so seriously.

We learned a lot by covering 52 Girls. I loved Ricky’s sound, and of course his guitar looked so cool on a record sleeve, with its missing strings. At the time most rock guitar heroes were so bombastic and over the top, so Ricky’s understated playing and fun approach was really novel. To this day I’m still trying to find just the right Mosrite guitar in honour of him and Johnny Ramone."

- Noodles, The Offspring

"The B-52’s and Talking Heads always felt like Devo’s kindred spirits. We were all unique and not very punk. The punks didn’t like us because we weren’t orthodox, and orthodoxy permeates rock’n’roll. We’d first become aware of the B-52’s through independent record stores when we were hawking our debut single. It was exciting because I knew where they were coming from, how they were grabbing from 1960s kitsch with the beehive hairdos and the theatricality of it all. It was like they’d come from their own planet. Who on earth sings about a Rock Lobster?

It was outsider stuff with a distinctive sound that was consciously slightly retro, coming from surf music and rockabilly, but not with rockabilly beats. They’d come up through the Athens, Georgia, scene and dance clubs and were in the realm of LGBTQ [music] before such a thing was identified. They were transgressive and polarising, but in a different way to Devo. I met Kate at the Mudd Club in New York in early 79 and immediately fell for her. She had the beehive, of course, because they were always in character, which I thought was fantastic."

- Gerald Casale, Devo

"We in Talking Heads became friends with the B-52’s early on. I remember they told us: “You have to see this other band from Athens playing at Danceteria – they’re called REM.” The Athens, Georgia bands were all very supportive of one another, it seemed to me.

I produced an album with the B-52’s which ended up as an EP [Mesopotamia]. I suspect they came to me because they wanted to experiment a little bit more. Maybe that’s why the LP got cut down to an EP – or maybe the other songs weren’t up to snuff?

My favourite song from that record was Deep Sleep, which sounded like Young Marble Giants gone psychedelic. Ricky Wilson, who was such a large part of their sound, had Aids at that time, and was not around for many of the sessions. It was a pretty tough time for the band but they persevered and eventually revived. They were a tight family."

- David Byrne, Talking Heads

#b 52s #b-52's #nu wave #pop #punk #rockabilly #80s #80's #rem #talking heads #david byrne #devo #gerald casale #music #American music #rock n roll #Youtube